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Reports of the death of reading are greatly exaggerated Do you worry that you've lost patience for anything longer than a tweet? If so, you're not alone. Digital-age pundits warn that as our appetite for books dwindles, so too do the virtues in which printed, bound objects once trained us: the...

In this news-breaking narrative, decades of women who brought down sexual predator Larry Nassar offer groundbreaking new insight, with the first known survivor and many others sharing their stories exclusively for the first time. We think of Larry Nassar as the despicable sexual predator of...

Meet the extraordinary Kendra Michaels in this gripping short story by the #1 bestselling duo of Iris and Roy Johansen. Kendra Michaels's astonishing powers of observation and analysis have made her a go-to for law enforcement agencies all across the country. Her other senses, hyper-developed...

Investigator Kendra Michaels -- once blind and known for her sharp skills -- puts her life on the line to catch a killer in this electrifying novel from the #1 NYT bestselling and Edgar Award-winning duo. Dr. Kendra Michaels, blind for the first twenty years of her life before gaining her sight...

"Her technique was simple: aim for the top", an envious colleague wrote of Clare Boothe Luce. No American woman of the twentieth century aimed so accurately or rose so far as this legendary playwright, politician, and social seductress.

Welcome to Archers Beach in the Changing Land, the last and least of the Six Worlds, where magic works, sometimes, and the Guardian husbands the vitality of the land and everyone on it - earth spirit and plain human alike. Kate Archer, Guardian and carousel-keeper, has been busy making some changes of her own, notably beginning a romantic relationship with Borgan, the Guardian of the Gulf of Maine, Kate's opposite number, and, some would say, her natural mate.

It's been four months since the events of Sight Unseen, and Kendra Michaels is obsessed with trying to track down serial killer Eric Colby. Despite his apparent execution at San Quentin, Kendra is convinced that Colby is still alive. The trouble is, she can't prove it. Even her razor-sharp powers of observation, honed while blind during the first twenty years of her life, have gotten her nowhere. So no one believes her.

Dans mon métier, c’est important de rester toujours occupé, et les nouveaux défis me maintiennent dans la course. Seulement, je ne m’attendais pas à ce que ce soit si rapide. D’accord, j’ai accepté le don de l’archidémon Lucian, dans l’espoir que cela me rende invincible... grosse erreur.

Die junge Künstlerin Kirsty Paterson schlägt sich in Edinburgh mühsam mit verschiedenen Jobs durch. Doch dann stirbt ihre geliebte Großmutter Fiona und vererbt Kirsty ihr Rosencottage auf der malerischen Insel Tiree. Mit dem Haus verbindet Kirsty die glücklichsten Sommer ihrer Kindheit. Ihre Großmutter hat jedoch eine Bitte an das Erbe geknüpft: Kirsty soll das Verschwinden von Fionas Kinderfreundin Livie vor vielen Jahren aufklären. Schon bald löst sie mit ihrer Spurensuche schicksalhafte Ereignisse aus und trifft auf den undurchschaubaren, aber attraktiven Schriftsteller Finlay.

In 1898, a group of schoolboys in Bridgeport, Connecticut, discovered gruesome packages under a bridge holding the dismembered remains of a young woman. Finding that the dead woman had just undergone an abortion, prosecutors raced to establish her identity and fix blame for her death. Suspicion fell on Nancy Guilford, half of a married pair of “doctors” well known to police throughout New England. A fascinated public followed the suspect’s flight from justice, as many rooted for the fugitive.

Ooh la la! A historical rom-com with a modern twist—perfect for fans of Bridgerton, A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, and She's All That. Evie Clement has perfected the art of avoiding attention as she works at her family’s bakery and dreams of a life where she can trade dusting flour...

A visionary young filmmaker hunted for sport across a vast Colorado ranch by the celebrated billionaire at the heart of a monstrous cabal.... A brilliant computer hacker slipping through top-secret databases a whisper ahead of security trackers, gathering the facts to fight the all-powerful perpetrators of mass murder.... A pair of brutal operators, methodically shadowing their targets with every cutting-edge tool in the arsenal of today’s surveillance state....

En partant de la physique quantique et de recherches sur la conscience humaine menées par d’éminents scientifiques du monde entier, Lynne McTaggart vous entraîne dans un voyage époustouflant jusqu’aux confins de l’esprit. Elle explique comment la pensée génère une énergie bien palpable, dont on peut se servir pour apporter de l’aide autour de soi et transformer sa vie.

Un couple de trentenaires partis faire le tour du monde. Une île déserte, entre la Patagonie et le cap Horn. Une nature rêvée, sauvage, qui vire au cauchemar. Un homme et une femme amoureux, qui se retrouvent, soudain, seuls. Leurs nouveaux compagnons : des manchots, des otaries, des éléphants de mer et des rats.

Wie viele Geheimnisse erträgt eine Familie? Krakau, im Frühjahr 1939. Alle Zeichen stehen auf Krieg, denn das Deutsche Reich treibt seine Angriffspläne auf Polen unbarmherzig voran. Die junge Marie aber beschäftigen ganz anderen Fragen: Wer ist ihre Mutter? Warum verschwand sie, als Marie ein Kleinkind war? Und warum verweigert ihr Vater, ein renommierter Arzt, jedes Gespräch über sie? Als sie die Ungewissheit nicht mehr aushält, entschließt Marie sich zu einem drastischen Schritt. Marie zog eine Haarnadel aus ihrem blonden Haar.

Why are there restaurants? Why would anybody consider eating alongside perfect strangers in a loud and crowded room to be an enjoyable pastime? To find the answer, Rebecca Spang takes us back to France in the eighteenth century, when a restaurant was not a place to eat but a quasi-medicinal bouillon not unlike the bone broths of today.

Helen has had to leave everything she's ever known behind: her home, her family, even her own name. Now, returning to the UK as Ellen Newman, she moves to a small coastal village, working as a nanny for Donovan, a criminal psychologist. Attractive, caring and protective, this single father and his sweet daughter are a world away from Ellen's brutal past. But Ellen can't shake the feeling that something's wrong.

A cosy and heartwarming seasonal romance, perfect for fans of Trisha Ashley. A cosy and heartwarming seasonal romance, perfect for fans of Trisha Ashley. Beth is running away. With her young son Leo to protect, Willow Cottage is the lifeline she so desperately needs. Overlooking the village...

Imogen is supposed to be on the most romantic weekend of her life and instead she's quickly realised that her current boyfriend definitely isn't ‘The One' and is actually One Big Mistake. Frankie is fed up. Fed up of her good-for-nothing husband and her four unappreciative children. Well, they hardly notice her anyway, so maybe it's time to shake it up a little.... Grace thought she had the perfect life. Gorgeous little boy and perfect, hardworking husband. Or rather, she did, until she realised her husband was shagging his 'work'.

The twisty locked-room mystery from two-time Mary Higgins Clark Award–winning author Carol Goodman, about a group of former classmates trapped on their college campus—with a murderer among them. ""One of the best and smartest locked-room mysteries I've read in a long time. A page-turner with...